55: VIOLIN

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I play my skin like a violin
The symphonies I create with a metal bow
Back and forth with a delicacy of pain.
A masterpiece I create tattooed onto my skin
The music that I create will have no beauty to strangers eyes

They don't see the monster conducting the show
A monster who's holding the show captive
Like a puppet master, it controls me
Guiding the metal bow across my skin
Unable to be set free.

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